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Cuba.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Collection of eighteen autograph and contemporary scribal manuscripts of early twentieth-century Cuban popular songs, signed by the composers, including guarachas, montunos, cancións, rumbas, sóns, congas, boleros, bambucos and caparichos cubanos, by Rosendo Ruiz, Ñico Saquito and others
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written in brown ink, with texts, on one- and two-stave systems, including items signed (often over the music, sometimes on each page), by Patricio Ballagas ("Timides Canción Gitana", stamps registered Havana, 12 April 1916), Rosendo Ruiz (autograph manuscript of "Las Flores" and signed manuscript of "Tápame que tengo frio, rumba", 1926), Gerardo Martinez Rivero ("Recuerdos del Pasado, Són", 3 pages, oblong 4to, 2 August 1926) , Felipe Cabrera ("Són, Dame un Besito aqui"), 4 pages, stamped "Sextetto Habanero", 1928, Carmelina Delfín ("Una Ofrenda, canción", 6 pages, "copiado por Ma Caridad Stable"; "Recuerdos de un Amor...", 6 pages"), Silvestre Mendez (autograph manuscript of "El telefonito, guaracha"), Miguel Matamoros ("Conciencias, blue-són"), Jesus Guerra ("A mi que, guaracha", printed and signed), Juan Pablo Miranda ("Que Difícil, bolero", corrected by the composer) , Antonio Fernández, Antonio Fernández Arbelo, and Graciano Gomez ("Conga bruja", 1940; "Cuando al conjuro, bolero"), 18 items, folio and oblong folio, with publishers' numbers added in blue and orange crayon, stamps of "Instituo de secunda enseñanza", "Ministero de educacion", Havana, 1915-1957
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This collection contains many of the dance-forms characteristic of Cuban popular music, precursors of the salsas of the 1940s and 1950s. Rosendo Ruiz 1885-1983), Antonio Fernández, ("Ñico Saquito", 1901-1982), Patricio Ballagas (1879-1920) and Miguel Matamoras (1894-1971, of the "Trio Matamoras") were all trova composer and guitarists, ie intinerant musicians that played an important part in the development of early twentieth-century Cuban popular music.